Cook County Business
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Palatine-based site helps local momsDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - A Palatine online business is designed to help moms and soon-to-be moms prepare for the holidays. The Chocolate Cake Club, www.chocolatecakeclub.com, is a one-stop shop ...
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Bread & Butter restaurant opens in ItascaDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The philosophy of the new Bread & Butter Restaurant in Itasca is "getting back to basics." The owners of the establishment at 933 W. Irving Park Road are using more than...
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In hard times, workers have few legal protections over losing jobDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - As more Americans lose their jobs, worker advocate Lou Maltby is happy to talk about employee rights, but he warns that it's a short conversation. Workers in the United ...
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Chicago workers' sit-in becomes rallying pointDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday ordered state agencies to stop doing business with Bank of America to pressure the company to help laid-off workers who are staging a sit-...
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Obama: Workers staging sit-in 'absolutely right'Dec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama is weighing in on behalf of workers staging a sit-in on the factory floor of their former Chicago employer to protest abruptly losing their ...
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McDonald's profit may fall as dollar gainsDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - McDonald’s Corp., the world’s largest restaurant company, may see smaller fourth-quarter profit and sales increases as the dollar gains against other currencies and ...
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Cisco Systems moving office from Chicago to RosemontDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Despite a slowing economy, developers began work Friday on a $37 million office building in Rosemont that will serve as the new regional office and customer training cen...
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Chicago region has major stake in auto bailoutDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Despite the general downward trend in employment, a few industries are still hiring in the Chicago area despite the recession and record job layoffs, said John Challenge...
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Pharmaceutical firm starts safety measureDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - APP Pharmaceuticals, sole supplier of heparin sodium vials to the U.S. market, launched a new safety initiative on the APP Web site - "Working Together for ...
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Solo cups cuts nearly 100 corporate jobsDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Solo Cup Company, which makes disposable cups, plates, containers and cutlery, said Friday it reduced its corporate work force by nearly 10 percent. The Highland Park-b...